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Sunday, I woke early to get the dogs out before the rain. Then I could keep them quiet in the office until my daughter got up. Abbey barked for awhile last night at bedtime. I forgot to say last week I was so glad to do some freezer organizing and inventorying. I did my usual Sunday visiting. By late afternoon, it cleared enough we were able to walk the dogs before dinner. Everything smelled clean and fresh. I noticed the geraniums were just starting to bloom. Abbey barked at bedtime for less time than the night before.
Monday, Lulu the stinker barked early this morning. I hurried to let them out and then went back and took my shower. I gave them each a chew and they didn’t bark while I was showering. I looked up the non rain times today and it’s 1:30-2:30 so that is when we will walk. I planned out an errand run for tomorrow. I wasn’t going to do it after going yesterday to BJs but I got some birthday coupons for free things and I’m going to cash in on those. I wrote a review. I looked over my wishlist and tried to figure out how to use my 6 credits since I haven’t used them and my current membership is over at the end of May. I found some excellent choices for them. After dinner, I loaded the car with the old printers, batteries and stuff to take to the recycle center. The barking didn’t go very long and we didn’t get loud thunderstorms I worried about. So I slept well.
Tuesday, the barking happened a lot this morning. Abbey barked because she wanted Lulu’s food. She wouldn’t eat her own food. In the end, Lulu ate Abbey’s food and Abbey ate Lulu’s food. Other than special adds, they are now getting the same thing the Honest Kitchen without adds or the same adds. I left a little late on the errand run. I went to Wake County Recycling to get rid of old batteries, the two old printers, the old Ninja base and a few other things. Then to Culvers for my free scoop with one topping for my birthday. Next I drove to the Outlet Center and found they did not have a Revere / Corelle store, so I got confused on that one. I went back towards home stopping at Aldi for a few items and saw they had the cheesecake sampler they normally only have once a year! Then I went to Papa Murphy’s and got my free birthday pizza. On the way home and all of a sudden the pressure in my tire was dropping fast. I stopped at BJ’s and filled all the tires. I barely made it another 5 miles to the Discount Tire and was down to 18! Luckily, they fixed it very quickly, less than a half hour and for free! I was so worried I wouldn’t make it there or home or they would be too busy to do it. At home, we ate pizza and relaxed finally. No barking at bedtime.
Wednesday, Lulu started barking before the alarm. I let her out; Abbey was still sleeping. I quick went to take my shower and get dressed. Then I let them both out again and ate breakfast. I gave them the exact same food. Neither ate their own food and Abbey went right for Lulu’s food and ate it, wouldn’t eat her own (so later Lulu did). We went upstairs and I did a bunch of computer tasks. Blog visiting and planning for my upcoming reading. My daughter had a telehealth appt at 12:40 which I prepped questions for it. We waited an hour in the online link and then they cancelled it. I called to find out what the heck? I had Audible credits to use up. I haven’t used any yet from my current plan. So I used 5 of 6 today. The time between thunderstorms started at 4:30 so that is when we walked Lulu and Abbey. I saw that my white gardenia and purple asters are just starting to bloom. Abbey barked a lot at bedtime.
Thursday, I managed to get showered and dressed and get the dogs out with no barking. after breakfast, we went to the office where they are sleeping and I am doing the usual. We walked the dogs at noon since it’s going to heat up today. I pulled some weeds and started taking down the snow peas since they aren’t producing and I need the space for the warm season crops. I picked some carrots. I also picked from chard for dinner. The first daylily bloomed today.
Friday, the dogs started barking even before it was light. I let them out and went to shower and dress. It didn’t completely work. Abbey started barking before I finished dressing. But I got them fed, upstairs and now quiet. We finally had our appt at noon. We talked about one of my daughter’s medications and also her ears are still having too much liquid. She can’t be on Sudafed forever. She is switching her allergy med and getting referred to an ENT. We walked after the appt. I saw that the gardenia and asters are starting to bloom. After dinner, we watched the first two episodes of Murderbot. The neighbor’s plane was delayed but she came to pickup Abbey.
Saturday, I had the kind of day where I just do things in my own order, at home, which is my favorite. I need to do some yard stuff but it’s been warm the last few days. I think I’ll wait until it cools down a bit in a couple days.
Sunday, the Clean Sweep chat is this afternoon!
Stacking the Shelves is hosted by Reading Reality. These are the exciting ARCs I received this week (If you click on the cover, it will take you to the Goodreads entry):
So many thinks to Macmillan Audio (2), Atria Books,
(If you click on the cover, it will take you to the Goodreads entry)
I used my Audible credits to purchase these since they expire at the end of the month. I was excited to get Triptych just re-released 5/13/25 with Kathleen Early as the narrator now.
Now the really scary one. This is all the Kindle and Audible freebies I grabbed this past week. You can see why I need to do Thrifty Thursday to be sure I read a few at least one each month.
Chirp Friday freebies:
I really meant to cut back on freebies BUT they are free so I guess that won’t be happening.
I’m not including things like reviews posted or upcoming as they are always in the right sidebar. And, my challenge status is also there.
Anne
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Look at cutie Lulu💜 She’s knocked out😏
Ooh, I need to add Apostle’s Cove! Some great acquisitions this week, too. All your Audible credit buys are series i follow. Have you started Will Trent?
Have a wonderful week of reading, Anne!
Lulu snuggles in with her toys. It’s hilarious. Oh yes I have read all of Will Trent, and Grant County. I just wanted to collect them for a reread at some point. The first one was never on sale anywhere and a different narrator which was exciting since now it has been redone with Kathleen Early. I almost used a credit for it a couple months ago and now I am SO glad I didn’t because now I got the redo.
Sounds like kind of a rough week, I hope this week is less stressful. Do you think Lulu is barking because Abbey barks? When I had two dogs they set each other off all the time. Lovely photo of Lulu and your flowers😁
Thank you Tammy. yes I think maybe Lulu barks more because Abbey does. She does it on her own occasionally. You’re correct it was a stressful week which I attributed initially to trying to get both dogs fed but really I think the underlying stress was about my daughter’s medication because now that it is resolved I feel much better.
I love the fact that Abby and Lulu eat each other’s food, despite not being any different. And I hope the barking calms down in due course. I love the pic of your hydranga. Once we have the garden relandscaped, I’m going to get at least one hydranga, as I absolutely love them. Your Audible buys look good – I topped up my Kindle before my trip to the States, but didn’t read as much as I’d thought, so still have quite a few to get through. Have a good week, Anne.
It’s sort of ridiculous they eat each other’s food. Lulu wouldn’t do that except by the time she wants to eat it’s the only food left. I love having all the different flowers. I do need to keep in mind that a lot of flowers need to be fertilized in the spring after blooming. The peonies, for example, have finished. Those Audible buys are all topping off series where I own all the rest of the series. You came to the States! It’s so horrible now.
The dogs eating each others food even though its exactly the same reminds me of little kids. They always want what the other has, despite it being identical. Hopefully the ent can help your daughter. I still have to take sudafed for chunks of the year when my allergies are bad. It’s unfortunate for sure.
Thank you Samantha. They also had her switch up her allergy med to a different one.
Busy week! Wonder why the dogs are being ornery and barking so much. Happy birthday! What are you doing for your birthday besides your scoop of ice cream? I am starting to have some of the vertigo I’ve had in years past. I wish I could find a doctor who actually knew how to do the Epley maneuver and could show me. I’ve watched all the videos online and read all the things about how to do it, but I don’t think I’m doing it right. I hope you have a good week!
Thanks Lisa. I think we were just stressed about my daughter’s medication and they felt that. Also Abbey was missing her person. She lets her sleep in her room and I don’t. She wants to be with me 24/7 when she’s here.
I love getting all the birthday coupons and freebies to use around our birthday weeks. In fact, we were just plotting out a visit to Red Robin so my hubby could get his free birthday burger. 🙂
Too bad about the dogs barking and getting you up early and grr, on the wait and then cancelled telehealth call.
I’m so glad you were able to safely get to the tire store for that tire.
Nice haul of books and audiobooks!
Have a good week, Anne!
Thanks Sophia. I’m sad to say I can’t figure out when your birthday is. I spent some time on that this week. Otherwise, it was a stressful week, more because of one of my daughter’s medications rather than the dogs but they probably felt my worry. I was so grateful I got to Discount Tire before they closed and they fixed it up quickly.
My birthday is Feb 28th. 🙂
Excellent – thank you for sharing. I felt bad because I recognized others but not you.
Happy birthday!
I only have one dog and he’s a handful.
Thank you Mary. Lulu on her own is best girl and so easy. But we will never have 2 dogs I think because we can’t handle that full-time. We love having them as guests but permanently one dog is enough for us.
Isn’t it funny how animals want what the other one has? My cats will want each other’s food, too. I guess little kids do the same thing with toys. Your gardenia and hydrangea are beautiful! I need to yank out some of my cooler veg items out of the garden, as well.
I had fun on the chat, too! Did you like the Murderbot film adaptation?
Thanks so much for coming to the chat. I love having you and your insights there. yes I loved Murderbot in that it captured the flat out anxiety of the character perfectly.
Those dogs are quite the characters with their “I want your food!” game and the barking.
Glad you got your birthday goodies AND that everything worked out at the tire place!
Thank you Jinjer. It was a lot this week but in the end we prevailed. I hope this week is less crazy.
I also had accumulated a large number of audible credits so a few months ago I preordered books and then cancelled the subscription. I now get a credit every month with Amazon Music so I likely will just keep doing this as it’s cheaper. I hope your dogs let you sleep in longer and that your daughter ear issues are rectified soon. Have a great week.
Thank you Jodie. Normally when I cancel Audible they offer me a deal. The last one was excellent. But if I’m not on until whatever happens on Black Friday for a deal I can stand it. Our guest dog has gone home so we are back to normal, sleeping a little later. We have yet to get the referral to the ENT for my daughter.
I reaaaally need to watch Murderbot! I’m usually bad at sitting still to watch something, but I’m thinking of trying to watch it with my parents while I’m staying with them. They won’t let me pause it all the time, ahaha.
Well the episodes are only 30 minutes – very short so it should be easier.
Oops, I lost part of my comment there. Looks like some fun picks for new books! Hope you enjoy.
Thank you Nicky. They are mostly the newest installments in series I love.
Those flowers are lovely. Glad the tire issue worked out for you! Last week was the first with the kids home. Neither started their jobs by then but were able to get their stuff stored for the summer, laundry done, etc. My daughter and I are catching up on shows (like Will Trent). My husband and I finished Andor. It was a pretty good week.
Thank you. I love it when I have blooms. That’s why I planted perennials with continual blooming seasons. We haven’t watched the new season of Betty (Will Trent) yet because we have been stressed out in general. We are about ready to start though. Hopefully you all will get a bit of a routine going for the summer so you manage the essential tasks and have some fun!
That sounds like a struggle with your dogs barking so much. Happy birthday, that’s nice you got some free stuff. And that’s good timing you made it to the place to get your tires fixed before the pressure dropped too low. Hopefully they can get the liquid in your daughter’s ears figured out. Neat you managed to sue most of your audible credits and have new audios to listen to now. Have a great week!
Thank you Lola. We finally got an appt for my daughter with an ENT but not until June. I think the dogs were picking up on our stress levels last week.
Sounds like the puppers are keeping you on your toes. We have new neighbors, they’ve been here about a week. The dogs are unsure about noises coming in from next door when it’s been silent for months. Personally, my verdict is still out on them too but trying to remain positive.
My hostas have been growing by leaps and bounds and that is about the extent of my gardening – haha! Hope you have a wonderful week and that the new meds help your daughter.
Thank you Barb. The dogs were probably picking up on our stress level. I enjoy figuring out the gardening both veggies and flowers. Plus I like eating the veggies. I could go to the farmer’s market more which would probably be cheaper but I’d have to go out where there are other people. LOL There’s something about doing it myself.
I grew up with Shelties who did a lot of barking and when one started the others would start. I got to where I don’t really hear dog barking which is unfortunate for my husband because while my dog isn’t much of a barker when he does bark I don’t always correct him. I’m about to start the Nora Roberts and am really looking forward to it.
Thanks Katherine. Lulu doesn’t usually bark much. But both dogs were likely picking up on our stress. I’ve been reading some books that fit a challenge so I’ve barely started Hidden Nature but I can tell I will love it.
weeeee look at all those freebies!!!
And I figure I might as well since they are free. But I do try to be selective.